Yunyang is finally broken.
In terms of rewards for merit, Xu Lang made a surprise attack on Yunyang, captured the two Meng Ye brothers alive, and killed hundreds of enemies, which was the first achievement. When Li Wenzhong and He Huairen attacked the city, they charged forward and killed many enemies, but their achievements were second. Others, such as Wang Liang, Du Cong, Ma Rubao, etc., all have minor achievements.
For a time, everyone was happy.
The next day, the account was raised for discussion, but another piece of good news was received. It turned out that General Jin Ba was indeed fighting steadily. After leaving Tongguan, he set up camp step by step. So far, he had conquered Shaanzhou, and vigorously declared to the King of England that he should take the common people into consideration and recruit troops on the spot. Now there are 60,000 troops, and their morale is high. It is even more exciting, waiting for the next step to advance to Zhongzhou to occupy Luoyang, so as to join forces with Gui Yunzheng!
"In addition, King Ying, General Lin plans to send troops to attack the Lu family to form a line with General Jin."
The scout reported another piece of news, which naturally required Gui Yunzheng to think about it.
"The general is outside, but your order is not accepted. Tell General Lin that the small county of Lu's is already an isolated city. If you don't take it, you will be blamed. Ask him to quickly divide 10,000 troops and capture Lu's. The next step is to capture Lu's family. Xixia, advance hand in hand with our troops and reach Nanyang as soon as possible."
Gui Yunzheng also made a decision quickly. Now that Yunyang is approaching, Shangnan is also in hand. The two armies are like two long dragons, echoing each other, advancing separately and attacking together, approaching Nanyang and Xiangyang in only ten days.
"Also, tell General Lin, don't underestimate the enemy and rush in, and don't go deep alone!"
After thinking about it, he was still afraid that Lin Zhijing would push too fast and the two armies would not respond in time. At that time, they would end up fighting independently, which would be very bad.
"promise!"
The scout took the order and left.
The next step, according to the predetermined plan, is to go to Gucheng together by land and water. After tearing down the bridgehead of Yunyang, Gucheng will be the next important gateway to Xiangyang.
As soon as noon passed, after arrangements were made to stay in Yunyang, the three armies set off. On the waterway, Gui Yunzheng sat in battle alone and led Wang Liang, He Huairen, Li Wenzhong and others down the Han River. On the land route, Xu Lang still took the lead, with Ma Rubao as his partner, and they advanced all the way.
After being captured, the two Meng Ye brothers refused to cooperate because of their special status. In the end, they were executed by Gui Yunzheng on the order of a knife.
The journey of more than two hundred miles was smooth both by land and water. But when they arrived a few miles away from the Gucheng ferry, they heard reports from the scouts in front, saying that Gucheng had been severely beaten.
It turned out that Gucheng was also the main battlefield where the Northern Army fought against the Xiangyang Army. Ninghou made several transitions, and similarly sent a large army to capture Gucheng. However, King Ping reinforced Gucheng's defense in time. In the small valley city, there were tens of thousands of land and water armies. Therefore, the Northern Army fought for so many days, but did not advance even half a step.
"Haha, then God helps me!"
Gui Yunzheng was overjoyed when he heard this. He thought to himself that the two armies had been fighting fiercely for many days and were already exhausted. Our army suddenly moved down the river and advanced by land and water. Gucheng was not yet captured. Besides, Liu Yushan should have already been in contact with his brothers in Gucheng. With the cooperation here, the small Gucheng can be broken in a day.
"I order the three armies not to move and not to disturb the soldiers and civilians of Gucheng. Let me tell you that I have a clever plan to break the city!"
He quickly gave the order and handed a handwritten edict to the scout.
"Hurry up and meet General Xu!"
The scout quickly took it and left quickly.
Everything is waiting quietly. Everything seems to be in preparation.
At dusk, a group of generals gathered on Gui Yunzheng's boat and began to listen to his advice on how to break the city.
The river breeze was blowing slowly, and the big flag embroidered with the word "英" was making a sound. The officers and men on each ship were fully armed and looked determined.
